even that ass clown Shia LaWhatshisname was spitting at cops in the station house and had to be fitted with a mask. I don't get it. I've been in fights, staring contests, heated arguments, drunk off my ass, I've never wanted to spit at people.

I recall in the 60s there were signs that said "no spitting" in all T stations. But they were there for a different reason. They were intended for the ignoramuses that just spit as a matter of course. I never got
why people do that either. Some people even have a whole stylized way they do it.